Greenway's President Dominick Davi interviewed in Fox News' Coverage on Pallet Prices One of the leading contributors to shipping and inflation problems is the surging cost of wooden pallets. What exactly is the problem? The problem is a scarcity of wooden pallets that's driving prices. Brand new pallets before the pandemic would have cost about [...]
Now distributors and warehouses, and any company that purchases wood pallets can quantify the ecological value of using wooden pallets. In July 2020, the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA) and the Pallet Foundation released the Environmental Product Declaration for wood pallets in the US. An Environmental Product Declaration, or EPD, gives consumers and [...]
By choosing to buy re-manufactured shipping pallets instead of newly manufactured pallets, businesses can save on their packaging and transportation costs. Scarcity: Where Has the Wood Gone? Consequences for the Pallet Industry Refurbished Pallets: The Economical and Responsible Solution About Greenway Products & Services As anyone who remembers [...]
Using recycled pallets is an excellent way to reduce the costs associated with transporting products without compromising on quality. At the same time recycling pallets is a more ecologically-sustainable choice that keeps usable pallets out of landfills. However, understanding the grading system used by pallet manufacturers is not always easy, and knowing which products [...]
If you Google search “deliverability”, you’ll find lots of articles on email deliverability. Long before the deliverability of email was a concern, deliverability of product has been, and continues to be critical to any supply chain. Product deliverability became critically important when manufacturers adopted just in time (JIT) logistics. When manufacturers source components with reliable [...]
Wooden pallets are one of the essential underpinnings of supply chains for all manner of products, nationwide and in the global market. In the United States alone, the US Forest Service estimates that there are currently more than 2 billion pallets currently in circulation. Given that the most commonly used pallet size measures 48 by [...]
When George Segal carved his sculpture of the Depression Bread Line, he captured a time when our country last faced widespread hunger. The sculpture of five destitute men standing in a line waiting for food has reminded generations of what our ancestors endured. The sculpture, which is now part of the Grounds for Sculpture permanent [...]
A Brooklyn NY food pantry called on Greenway Products and Services for help to keep community members fed and safe. The Oneg Shabbos Kosher Pantry reached out to Greenway Products and Services for help in setting up a new, safer way to provide food staples to neighbors facing severe food insecurities, exacerbated by sudden unemployment [...]
In response to the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has issued guidelines regarding essential services and critical infrastructure. These designations are intended to help shape the policy decisions of state and municipal governments as they determine what businesses are needed to maintain normal work operations and which can safely suspend normal operations [...]
As we’ve said many times on this website and in our blogs, pallets move the world’s economy. The U.S. Forest Service estimates that as many as two billion pallets are in use at any given time. And wooden pallets can be used and re-used many times. Wood is durable, strong and can be reconditioned when [...]
